| 13 | Creating and Switching Branches |
Gitâs branches enable you to separate experimentation from
production-ready code. Gitâs convention is to treat the
master branch as its main line of code.
You can rename it to anything you want, but itâs a good idea to
keep with the convention.
You can create a new branch using the git
branch command and providing it at least one additional
parameter: the name of the branch you want to create. This uses
your current location in the repository as the place to create
the branch from.
You can also create branches starting at points in the history of
the repository. Provide git branch with the name of the new branch you want to create followed by the commit ID or branch or tag name to create a branch ...
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